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Invitation: Expanding Forest Certification in the Tropics – PEFC Stakeholder Dialogue (10 November 2010, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Whilst forest certification in the 1990s originally set out to improve forest management in tropical countries, twenty years later only one percent of the global supply of wood from certified forests…Continue

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Invitation: Expanding Forest Certification in the Tropics – PEFC Stakeholder Dialogue (10 November 2010, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)

Whilst forest certification in the 1990s originally set out to improve forest management in tropical countries, twenty years later only one percent of the global supply of wood from certified forests originates from the tropics.The PEFC Stakeholder Dialogue (10 November 2010, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) will elaborate on the challenges and opportunities of expanding forest certification in the tropics, especially for locally controlled forests.…See More
Oct 14, 2010
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Certification an Urban Myth or a Rural Reality

What promised to be a confrontational debate about forest certification between two global leaders of different schemes failed to materialise during an otherwise lively session at the Forest Industry Development Conference presented by ForestWorks in Melbourne, Australia, at the beginning of September.Note that this is the republication of an article that originally appeared in Timber & Forestry e-news, Source: Issue No. 142 (Republished with permission).Described as something of a coup,…See More
Sep 24, 2010
Thorsten Arndt replied to ResponsibleMarkets.org's discussion Introduce Yourself
"Hello everyone, I am with PEFC, the world's largest forest certification system and certification system of choice for small and family forest owners. While I myself won't be able to participate in the conference, I believe that…"
Sep 1, 2010
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Sustainable Forest Management Key to Maintaining Forest Carbon Stocks

Carbon stocks are stable or increasing in sustainably managed and certified production forests, a recent FAO report suggests."The effectiveness of sustainable forest management practices in maintaining carbon stocks in production forests is clear from experiences in North America and the EU. These regions contain most of the world's certified forests and have generally stable or increasing forest carbon…See More
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Certification an Urban Myth or a Rural Reality

What promised to be a confrontational debate about forest certification between two global leaders of different schemes failed to materialise during an otherwise lively session at the Forest Industry Development Conference presented by ForestWorks in Melbourne, Australia, at the beginning of September.

Note that this is the republication of an article that originally appeared in Timber & Forestry e-news, Source: Issue No. 142 (Republished with…

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Posted on September 16, 2010 at 8:12am

Sustainable Forest Management Key to Maintaining Forest Carbon Stocks

Carbon stocks are stable or increasing in sustainably managed and certified production forests, a recent FAO report suggests.

"The effectiveness of sustainable forest management practices in maintaining carbon stocks in production forests is clear from experiences in North America and the EU. These regions contain most of the world's certified forests and have generally stable or increasing…

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Posted on September 1, 2010 at 2:51am

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